NASA Artemis II Astronauts Aim to Make Space Great for All

In a preview of their flight, the crew of Artemis II, three Americans and a Canadian, struck a tone that veered away from the political currents of the moment.

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NASA to Launch IMAP and Space Weather Missions on SpaceX Rocket: How to Watch

A NASA mission, IMAP, and two more spacecraft are heading to space atop a single SpaceX rocket.

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NASA Picks 10 New Astronauts as Focus Shifts to the Moon and Mars

The 10 astronaut candidates, six of them women, will begin two years of training before becoming eligible for missions to low-Earth orbit and perhaps one day to the moon and Mars.

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U.S. Is Losing Race to Return to Moon, Critics Say, Pointing at SpaceX

The company’s Starship rocket, which has suffered a series of recent test explosions, is still years away from being ready for the mission, former NASA executives say.

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Trump Administration Stopping Efforts to Collect Scientific Data

A pattern of getting rid of statistics has emerged that echoes the president’s first term, when he suggested if the nation stopped testing for Covid, it would have few cases.

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Harvard Is Told Research Money Could Flow Again, for Now

After a court victory, Harvard researchers were told some grants were being restored. But the battle over whether the government can halt the money is probably not over.

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Harvard Is Told Research Money Could Flow Again, for Now

After a court victory, Harvard researchers were told some grants were being restored. But the battle over whether the government can halt the money is probably not over.

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Was There Life on Mars? A Rock Found by NASA Keeps Getting More Interesting.

NASA is still not saying it has found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover raises that possibility.

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The Trump Administration Wants to Switch Off Climate Satellites

The Trump administration wants to switch off and possibly destroy the climate-monitoring technology.

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Quakes on Mars Reveal New Features of the Planet’s Interior

Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle and a solid inner core.

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